Don't have any extra cash but want to participate in the 29 Gifts giving campaign? A reader on www.29Gifts.org offered these eight ideas. ...more

November 7, 2009

As Marian Speranza and JoAnn Ulm walk through the halls of the Palms of Sebring's health care center, shaky arms reach out from wheelchairs to grab their hands. Tired faces light up, and eyes follow them, vying for their attention. ...more

November 2, 2009

A Tampa woman who was supposed to be taking care of a woman with severe autism is accused of dragging her across the ground instead. ...more

February 12, 2009

An employee of the Bons Secours Nursing Home was arrested this morning on charges he molested an 83-year-old female resident who is suffering from dementia, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

December 11, 2008

Americans' character is our greatest resource. ...more

November 13, 2008

A caregiver was arrested late Friday after she left an assisted-living facility unattended and an elderly woman was injured. ...more

November 1, 2008

As a general rule, criminals aren't nice people. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. Some people simply make mistakes - costly ones, but mistakes nonetheless. Then there are the kinds of bad guys any sane, upstanding person can only describe as despicable. You know, the kind of people you'd love to strangle just on general principles. ...more

October 22, 2008

A Sebring man was free Monday on $30,000 bail after he was arrested and accused of writing checks for more than $15,000 from his 94-year-old grandmother's checking account. ...more

October 21, 2008

Thousands of pieces of mail destined for homes across the Tampa Bay area have not been delivered. ...more

September 25, 2008

Thousands of pieces of mail destined for homes across the Tampa Bay area have not been delivered. The letters, cards and magazines have instead been hidden in storage units, stuffed into garbage bags and dumped in rural areas of Hillsborough County. Many were emptied of gift cards, cash, checks and credit cards. ...more

September 24, 2008